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Judge overseeing lawsuit accusing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of covering-up child sex abuse rules church can't refuse to answer questions under Arizona’s “clergy-penitent privilege.”
An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to cover-up child sex abuse has ruled that the church may not refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under the state’s “clergy-penitent privilege.”
The lawsuit accuses two Arizona bishops and Mormon church leaders of not reporting child abuse and allowing Paul Adams to continue abusing his older daughter.
(AP) - The church has filed a legal motion asking Cardinal to delay implementing her order until it contests her findings with the Arizona Court of Appeals.
An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to cover-up child sex abuse has ruled that the church may not refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under the state’s “clergy-penitent privilege.” Clergy in Arizona, as in many other states, are required to report…